a day off........what's that again ??

wow i get a day off work today.........it's been so long since i've had one of those :) i am going to help a friend with some holiday baking, she's going in for surgery in two weeks..... so she is trying to catch up on the day's she wont be able to before the days get here.......does that make sense?? I am tired this morning...... ummmmm, hubby woke me up early...... why do men do that. because when i am awake, i am awake. and do men ever get to the age that they don't want it all the time??? I think i am going thru peri-menopause, my hormones are wacked out... and i could care less at the moment.
My daughter has her first real boyfriend, she's 17 going on 18. She has been seeing him too much, so i told her this am that she was going to slow down, he needed to spend time with his friends, as well as she needing time for herself and friends... she's bummed, but she understands. what a good girl, still listening to and respecting mama. I also spoke with his parents and they agree 100%, it's nice that we are both on the same page. ahhhhh, new love, do you remember what that was like,........ couldn't get enough of that person,....... hmmm 5 years of marriage sure change that :) , Bill and I have a very good balance in our relationship , we spend alot of time with just us, an even amout with the kids, and he is really good about giving me my own space when i need it, he's all for me going on "girl" trips. He' really missing Canada, and Monica and Peter, he used up all of his vacation time when his father died.... so he has to wait until after the holidays now.... I love going to Monica's in the winter, i can enjoy the cold and watch Peter, Moni, and Bill freeze thier tushies off....... such wimps .
Maybe i'll post more later, but it's about time to get my "tushie" moving talk to you soon

what......it's Christmas already

so here i am at work, listening to my favorite radio station, and what's going on? They are having "classic christmas music" day. I mean Thanksgiving is still two weeks away. I truly believe in a few years.....we will just start celebrating right after valentines day.... i mean it gets earlier and earlier every year. Although i must say, I am planning like Christmas is December 8th this year. I want to have everything ready before my surgery. Actually Bill and I are going to finish our shopping ( um start it too ;o) ) This weekend. Well it has hit me, Now that my kids are getting older........ the price of the items that they want seem to grow right along with them... But i guess it will be easier to get one really nice thing, instead of shopping around for a butch of little things. this is my favorite time of the year......so i don't want to rush it :).

I didn't pack a lunch for work today, not sure what i am going to do. i hate not being prepared. I will prob get home around 7pm-8pm and i will be too hungry and may eat the wrong things. I have been trying to eat something every couple of hours, oh well there goes that plan.

Rain drops on roses...

......and whiskers on kittens, Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, Brown paper packages tied up with strings, These are a few of my favorite things..... I love this song.... used to sing it to my kids when they were so little.......so many years ago. "My favorite things" this time of year is one of my favorite things, football season, fall, the smell of crisp air outdoors. getting ready for the holiday season.. cold nights and warm beds...
I would really like to start blogging again, So Patti, i will try and keep this thing going. My life is starting to settle down slightly. i must admit a couple of months ago, i was very stressed out, to the point that my health was being affected. I knew i had to make some changes. I was working too many jobs, dealing with my foster son who got into some trouble, and dealing with my mother in law, after my father in law died unexpectantly.... My hair started coming out in chunks.....started packing on the weight again....... couldn't sleep, and couldn't stay awake..... I knew that i had to make some changes........ so i quit the most stressful of my three jobs. I sent my mother in law down south with her daughter for a few months. And i put the brakes on my foster son and fast..... he didn't know what hit him, but under my roof, MY RULES.... when i buckled down on him he told me that "his mom never loved him.... the homes he lived in where bad....ects" I told him that was his past, I am his mother now, and this is his home. he wasn't going to use his past as a crutch. there comes a time in life that you have to say okay.... my past sucked.......... but there is nothing i can do to change that. and start living for tomorrow instead. .... so all this occurred towards the end of August. I must say, I did finally get a grip on things. Mother in law is still down south, have the one job at Kiski Prep Boys school, hair growing back very fast, very thick, and very curly :) Weight is creeping back down. now don't get me wrong, i am very busy just having a job, a house, 4 kids, a husband....... but it is manageable, and i am learning to use that word......... "NO" .

I am supposed to have surgery on my foot on Dec 8th, and i just heard from the doctor that it might need to be sooner Dec 1st. I have been dealing with this foot for 8 months now. and it really is beginning to slow me down, I still go for hikes, but they are fewer and far between. after a 3 mile hike, the next day I can't use my foot without much pain and tears. I have tried, cortisone shots x3, wrapping the foot, custom orthotics for my shoe, a cast, Physcial therapy, but it is getting worse........ so last resort is to cut open my foot, cut the tendon, pull away the major nerve and set it into place, scrape the bone spurs away, and remove any damaged superfical nerves that may be in there... for two weeks i am NOT allowed any weight baring at all. and then for 4 weeks, mimimal weight baring.. and then hopefully all will be well again.!!! Like i told the doctor, If i were 80 years old, i could just live with it, But i am young and busy, and i need my feet.

I'll try really hard blog, to keep you up to date from now on.